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More than 2,000 attend candlelight vigil in Newtown
More than 2,000 Newtown residents met on a soccer field tonight to remember the victims - and bring comfort to one another.
A bell sounded after each victim's name was solemnly read, as residents clutched teddy bears and held candles that flickered on a cold, damp night.
Police estimate that more than 2,000 came to the event. Artificial trees decorated with paper angels stood near a stage at the front of the field – each angel wearing a lei shipped on ice from Hawaii, said vigil organizer Sarah Ferris, 20.
Newtown's Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson said that the shooting "shattered" the Newtown community's "sense of safety."
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Robinson said she wondered how such a tragedy could occur in Newtown, and praised the many workers who came forward in the past week to establish a new school in Monroe, Conn., for students in the tragedy.
"Out of the ashes of an indescribable event, I have seen the spirit of Newtown," Robinson said.
